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This 6 page paper considers four groups of Hispanics living in the U.S.: Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Latinos and aspects of each culture. Bibliography lists 9 source.
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them. This paper considers four groups of Hispanics living in the U.S.: Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Latinos and aspects of each culture. Mexican Americans Mexican-Americans make up
approximately 64% of the Hispanic population in the United States; they are concentrated mostly in the Southwest, though there are sizeable populations in Chicago, Florida and North Carolina (Mexican American,
2006). Because of the proximity of several population centers to Mexico, Mexican Americans have been able to maintain "the Spanish language to a degree not possible for other immigrant
groups" (Mexican American, 2006). Politically, this group tends to stay away from the polls, but when the do vote, they tend to vote for Democrats. "In the
2004 presidential election, in the western states, exit polls showed that "Latinos" (nearly all Mexican Americans) comprised 13% of all voters. They split 39% for Bush and 58% for Kerry";
in California the split was "32% for Bush and 63% for Kerry"-a landslide for the Democrat. Even in Texas Kerry won this group, though only by 2% of the
vote (Mexican American, 2006). While they vote Democratic, they tend to be "conservative on social issues, such as abortion and homosexuality, and show strong loyalties to the traditional version
of the Roman Catholic Church" though there are a growing number of non-Catholics in the population (Mexican American, 2006). The family unit "is the single most important social unit in
the life of Hispanics. Family responsibilities come before all other responsibilities ... The father is the leader of the family, and the mother runs the household, shops, and prepares the
food" (Warrix). While this is slowly changing, Mexican American households still tend to be male-dominated (Warrix). Economically, in those areas where there is a significant Mexican American presence, they
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